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CFP - DIAC Demos, Workshops, and Exploratory Papers
by Tom Erickson 04 Mar '08

04 Mar '08

Call for Exploratory Papers, Technology Demonstration Proposals Workshop Proposals Tools for Participation: Collaboration, Deliberation, and Decision Support DIAC-2008 / Online Deliberation 2008 University of California, Berkeley June 26 - 29, 2008 http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/ Thanks to everybody who submitted research papers to DIAC-2008 / Online Deliberation 2008. We encourage people to contribute other types of submissions. A good mix of themes and presentation modes should help ensure a lively and productive conference. Exploratory Papers (due March 20, 2008) Exploratory Papers (3-4 pages) can contain novel concepts, works-in- progress, reflections, manifestos or other ideas and issues that aren't currently suitable for a research paper. Technology Demonstration Proposals (due March 15, 2008) Technology Demonstration Proposals (3-4 pages) should contain a description of what you plan to show and why it’s important. Be sure to note relevant work in the field. Please also describe all technical and other requirements for demonstrating at the conference. Workshop Proposals (due March 15, 2008) Workshop Proposals (2-4 pages) should contain motivation, objectives, expected outcomes, intended audience, and process, including a detailed description of how people will be engaged during the workshop. All submissions must be made via the conference submission system on the DIAC-08 web site. Submissions should be written in English and authors whose first language is not English are encouraged to have their submissions reviewed for language prior to submission. Submissions should be formatted for "US Letter" size using 11 point Times-Roman font. As a reminder, our areas of focus include but are not limited to: deliberative and collaborative systems, e-democracy and e- participation, mobilization and organization, negotiation, consultation, sustainability, community support systems, open source models, human rights, ecological awareness, conflict resolution, justice, transparency systems, media and civic journalism, media literacy, power research, citizen science, economic development and opportunity, peace and reconciliation, infrastructure development, policy, education, community networks, research and development for civil society, social software, virtual communities and civic intelligence. We are especially interested in technology development that is already being tested or fielded. We are also interested in theoretical and other intellectual work that helps build understanding and support for future efforts. In addition to exploring social technology, we must at the same time understand and advance the social context of technology, including its design, access, use, policy and evaluation, as well as intellectual frameworks and perspectives that inform technological as well as social innovation including requirements, case studies, critique and self-reflection, and infrastructures for future work. DIAC-08 combines CPSR's 11th DIAC symposium with the third Conference on Online Deliberation. The joint conference is intended to provide a platform and a forum for highlighting socio-technological opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls in the area of community and civic action. Technology enhanced community action ranges from informal communities of practice to democratic governance of formal organizations to large social movements. The DIAC symposia have resulted in six book publications (in addition to the proceedings). Although we don't have specific plans at this time, we are hoping to publish our seventh book based on this event. Thanks! We hope you’ll join us in Berkeley this June. Doug Schuler douglas(a)publicsphereproject.org http://www.publicsphereproject.org/events/diac08/ ----------------- Tom Erickson http://www.visi.com/~snowfall/

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Instrument help: eveluate user's perception of online community
by Ke, Nan 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hello everyone! My name is Nan and I'm kind of a newbie to the Internet research~~~I'm currently working on a topic about ethnic online communities and have been searching for a reliable questionnaire/scale evaluating people's general perception/attitude towards certain online communities (ethnic community in my case). I've been looking at some related articles but found most studies are very case-specific and develop their own instruments, with little cross-citing on the instrument part. Has anyone had done similar surveys evaluating user's attitude/perception before? could you please tell me where can I find such a well-cited instrument evaluating user's general attitudes towards online community? Or Which journals/books should I look at? Thanks a lot and wish you all have a nice week!!! Best, Nan Ke -- Nan Ke M.A. Student in Communication Graduate Assistant Gender and Women's Studies Program University of Illinois at Chicago

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Lessons in Second LIfe
by jeremy hunsinger 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Monday (1:00-2:30pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. We meet at the _blacklibrary hyperborea 91, 30, 26 im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/hyperborea/92/30/26/ this week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: Second Life is about Texts next week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: Oh no, there's a person in my classroom jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ softwareandculture mailing list softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com

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Re: [Air-L] Companion to Digital Humanities
by Jankowski 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Barry: The Companion to Digital Humanities (originally published as hardback in Nov. 2004; paperback release in Feb. 2008) is available in its entirety online at: http://www.digitalhumanities.org/companion/ See comment from a contributor at: http://grandtextauto.org/2008/01/26/a-companion-to-digital-literary-studies/ The more recently published Companion to Digital Literary Studies (hardback released in Dec. 2007; paperback not available) does not seem to have a web site. Nick Jankowski At 03:29 PM 3/3/2008, you wrote: >I note that our esteemed leader, Charles Ess, has a chapter in here, plus >many other valuable looking pieces. > > Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________________ > > S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director > Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto > 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 > Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php > Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days > _______________________________________________________________________ > > >To find out more about a particular title, download sample chapters or >order examination copies online* click on "more information". > >A Companion to Digital Humanities > >Edited by: Susan Schreibman(University of Maryland), Ray >Siemens(University of Victoria, Canada) and John Unsworth(University of >Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) > >This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field >of humanities computing. > >More Information >http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/book.asp?ref=9781405103213 >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/

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Open Source and changing mode of productions in the third world
by Imam Ardhianto 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Dear all, I'm currently designing a research proposal for studying the emergence of open source movement in several region in Indonesia as an entry point in understanding the diverse fragment of mode of productions (in a marx approach). I'm focusing in the changing meaning of ownerships in the intangible commodities such as open source software. Is there any suggestions for me in choosing what kind of methodology (i'm planning an ethnography approach to studying this issues)? was there any persons who have been researching this kind of project? Is there any Institutions that i could find some grant that related with this issues. Thanks Imam Ardhianto Researcher Center of Anthropology Studies University of Indonesia, Depok, West Java

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CFP--ethics
by Robert Mason 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences Personal and Organizational Relationships in a Global Networked World: Emergent Ethical Challenges This mini-track for HICSS-42 examines ethical issues related to work-life balance, virtual world behavior, privacy, intellectual property, accuracy, accountability, and similar issues posed by the design and adoption of information systems in a globally networked world. Our personal and professional decisions for the design and adoption of information technologies make implicit (and sometimes explicit) choices to enable or inhibit particular behavioral norms. Such decisions have ethical dimensions that may not always be evident, and the purpose of this mini-track is to stimulate a discourse on these ethical dimensions. Researchers are encouraged to send papers to one of the organizers that deal with challenges presented by the rise of global networks in the developed world. Papers can range from philosophical to practical, from policy arguments of equity and cultural differences to issues of design and implementation of systems. Papers are especially encouraged that combine theory and fundamental concepts with empirical findings. Contact any of the organizers with questions or ideas for papers at any time. The deadline for submission of completed papers is June 15, 2008. Examples of specific issues and challenges that may be addressed in this mini-track include the following: * New capabilities of web 2.0-how do these change the approaches to ethical discourse? * Norms of behavior in virtual worlds: how does a diversity of norms affect individual identity and behavior in non-virtual worlds (is there a difference?) * How does a sense of personal identity change as the distinction between "public" and "private" becomes blurred (or porous) with technology-enabled social networking? * Organizational policy and knowledge management: should organizations adapt or embrace the behavioral norms of digital natives as they enter the knowledge work force? (If so, how?) * Education: if the need exists to increase the awareness of ethical issues for students in management and information studies, as some studies would suggest, how can we do this? * Wellness and human flourishing: how can we balance work and personal life in a hyper-connected world? * Health care: managing the conflicting needs for public information with the personal expectations of privacy * Government policy on intellectual property: can it be (should it be) responsive to the public values as expressed through emerging capabilities of e-government feedback mechanisms? * Social justice and information access-how we can assess the effectiveness of public policy? What are the implications of current laws on property and privacy? * Understanding the ethical dimensions of decision making in design, implementation, and use of information technology Organizers Robert M. Mason (primary contact) The Information School University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2840 rmmason(a)u.washington.edu Richard O. Mason Carr P. Collins Professor, emeritus Edwin L. Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas 75205 rmason(a)mail.cox.smu.edu Antonino Vaccaro Department of Engineering and Public Policy Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213 vaccaro(a)andrew.cmu.edu (see also http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_42/minitracks/os-por.htm )

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Reminder - Gogimon Search Agent Beta Tesers
by David Miller 02 Mar '08

02 Mar '08

Greetings List! Just a reminder - We are still looking for a few more beta testers for the revolutionary new Gogimon Search Agent. You'll be able to tell your grandkids you were in it at the beginning! Just drop us an email expressing interest, and a brief bio on yourself. Thanks! David Miller Director of Marketing Gogimon

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Final goodbye for early web icon
by Dominic Pinto 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

Sic transit gloria? Or some such: A web browser that gave many people their first experience of the web is set to disappear.* Netscape Navigator, now owned by AOL, will no longer be supported after 1 March 2008, the company has said. ........................... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7270583.stm

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CFP: International Journal of Design - Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design
by Ken Friedman 01 Mar '08

01 Mar '08

International Journal of Design CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline Extended to March 31 (All papers will be reviewed as they are submitted.) -- A Special Issue on "Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design" The notion of interaction design has become an indispensable aspect of product design and development, especially for those products with embedded information technologies. While traditional industrial design focuses on a product's functionality and its physical features, interaction design focuses on the interactive experience of users. Since products are becoming more pervasively and more tightly interwoven with our daily activities, design calls for a deeper understanding of the diverse perspectives of product use. Culture has been considered to play a critical role for users in their understanding, acceptance, positioning, and use of an artifact. The quality of an interactive experience is produced in a particular cultural context and is determined or evaluated in that context. Yet, when it comes to incorporating cultural factors effectively in design practice, knowledge is insufficient at all levels -- conceptual, theoretical, methodological, and practical. Cultural factors need to be integrated in the design process in order to achieve the high quality of product interaction that enables our experience with a product to be effective and enjoyable. For this special issue of the International Journal of Design, we are seeking papers that present breakthroughs in conceptual, theoretical, methodological and practical research that enhance the formalization of design knowledge with regard to the "cultural aspects of interaction design." In particular, these contributions should focus on representing cultural factors in describable, operable, and usable forms of design knowledge with relevance to interaction design. The following topics are of particular interest, covering fundamental and contemporary issues in this domain: - Conceptual framework of cultural factors in interaction design - Acquisition and representation methods for cultural factors in design - Formal models of cultural factors in interaction design - Planning, design, and evaluation methods that involve cultural perspectives - Cultural aspects of interaction methods and languages - Assessment of the cultural effects of new interactive products - Cultural factors in Kansei/emotional/affective aspects of interaction - Cultural contexts of interaction design for ambient intelligence environments - Cultural factors related to usability Schedule: Full Paper Due: 31 March 2008 Notification of Acceptance: 31 May 2008 Final Version of Paper Due: 30 June 2008 Special Issue Publication Date: 1 August 2008 Submission of Papers: Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the guidelines found at www.ijdesign.org/authorGuidelines. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. A double-blind review process will be employed for this special issue. Manuscripts should be sent through the on-line system at www.ijdesign.org/submissions. Authors should choose "Special Issue on Cultural Aspects of Interaction Design" as the Journal Section when submitting papers. Special Issue Editors: Keiichi Sato Institute of Design Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Tel: 312-595-4912 E-mail: sato(a)id.iit.edu Kuohsiang Chen Department and Institute of Industrial Design National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Tel: +886 6-2757575, ext. 54335 E-mail: kchen(a)mail.ncku.edu.tw

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